[ He's still pretty mortified that it's that obvious, one, and two, that Elizabeth was the one to notice it. Considering he'd explicitly made a point about not doing things like this, he's pretty embarassed to be so immediately proved wrong... He's half expecting a lecture to that effect, but when Elizabeth is actually sympathetic and then kind, his gaze flickers to with surprise, but then back away with a sort of petulance. ]

...Well, uh.

[ He pauses, since he's really surprised by how nice this is?? He wouldn't be nearly this nice about it, but that at least gets him to relax to some degree. ]

That... would probably be suspicious, right? Like, if we weren't about to go walk into a trial thing, sure, but... Might just be better to be h... onest... [ he sounds so reluctant about it though ]